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Expectations and experiences of participants in ongoing adoption reunion relationships: a qualitative study
1School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|March 29, 2001
Abstract:
Expectations of the adoption reunion process, responses to disappointments, and factors that influence reunion outcomes are investigated in a qualitative study of ten adult adoptees and ten birthmothers. Themes derived from interviews with participants are analyzed and explored, and implications for clinical practice and research are presented.